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OH, THE THINGS I'VE DONE
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The very first czar, in 1565 I formed the Oprichnina to deal with traitors as I wished (& my wishes were kinda super-harsh)
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Ivan the Terrible
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In 1931 i took an autogiro up to a record 18,415 feet; oh yeah, I wed George Putnam that year too, so y'know... busy
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Amelia Earhart
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In June 1791, I tried to escape captivity, fleeing Paris in a regular-guy hat; unfortunately, people tend to recognize the kind
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King Louis XVI
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Czech-born, in 1997 I was confirmed by the Senate to be Secretary of State, 99-0. Think that'd happen today?
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Madeleine Albright
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Around 342 B.C. I got the call from Philip II of Macedonia to tutor his 13-year-old kid, Al; well, that's just great
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Aristotle
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EDIBLE ETYMOLOGY
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Stop by the salad bar for this, from "kool", the Dutch word for cabbage
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coleslaw
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This fruit's name comes from the Latin "praecoquum", meaning "early to ripen"
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an apricot
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In England, it's a cookie & in the U.S. it's a roll, but either way, it's from Old French for "twice baked"
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a biscuit
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Denoting its traditional preparation, gravlax is from Swedish words meaning "trench" & this fish
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salmon
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The name of this style of slow-roasted, seasoned chicken of Jamaica comes from the Quechua for "dried meat"
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jerk chicken
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A CHAPTER OF IT BEGINS...
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"During the summer the packing houses were in full activity again, and Jurgis made more money"
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The Jungle
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"Vronsky had never had a real home life... his father he scarcely remembered"
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Anna Karenina
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"When I reached home, my sister was very curious to know all about Miss Havisham's, and asked a number of questions"
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Great Expectations
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"My dearest Lucy, --forgive my long delay in writing, but I have been simply overwhelmed with work... your loving Mina"
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Dracula
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"At this epoch, Marius was twenty years of age. It was three years since he had left his grandfather"
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Les Misérables
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TONY-WINNING MUSICALS BY SONG
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1980: "Peron's Latest Flame"
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Evita
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1977: "You Won't Be An Orphan for Long"
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Annie
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1952: "March Of The Siamese Children"
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The King and I
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1965: "Sabbath Prayer"
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Fiddler on the Roof
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1995: "Every Movie's A Circus", along with "As If We Never Said Goodbye"
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Sunset Boulevard
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INTERNATIONAL PRISONS
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Anne Boleyn is said to haunt this prison & castle begun by William the Conqueror in 1066
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the Tower of London
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A synonym for labyrinth, this prison in Northern Ireland held IRA prisoners like Bobby Sands until it closed in 2000
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the Maze
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Russia's Petak Island Prison in the middle of a lake is often compared to this Calif. lockup that started in 1861 as a military prison
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Alcatraz
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Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison was known by this infamous nickname when it held captured U.S. pilots like James Stockdale
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the Hanoi Hilton
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This German prison that housed Nazi war criminals was demolished after the death of Rudolf Hess, its last inmate
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Spandau Prison
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6-LETTER VERBS
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It's paired with "forgive" in an idiom meaning you should pretend past wrongs never happened
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forget
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This word with a double letter pair in the middle can mean to bubble just below boiling or to seethe with inner turmoil
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simmer
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This word meaning "to interfere" comes from the Latin for "foot"
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impede
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Disinter is another word for this action of digging something out of the ground
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to exhume
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To remove a stock from the roster of securities traded on an exchange
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delist
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THE 50 STATES
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This state has dozens of mountain peaks that exceed 14,000 feet, including Yale, Princeton &, of course, Pikes Peak
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Colorado
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In 2021, this state raised a new flag, doing away with the Confederate battle emblem, & adding a magnolia
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Mississippi
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In the 1860s this state got the first professional baseball team, the Red Stockings
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Ohio
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The Blackfeet Reservation on the eastern edge of Glacier Natl. Park is one of 7 Indian reservations found in this state
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Montana
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Rhodonite is its state gem & Roxbury Puddingstone, its state rock
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Massachusetts
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WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN?
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In a 1993 film this actor asks Harvey Fierstein, playing his makeup artist brother, "Could you make me a woman?"
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Robin Williams
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A Monty Python skit finds Terry Jones as a waitress repeatedly screeching the name of this Hormel meat product
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Spam
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As Tobias Fünke on "Arrested Development", this actor took on an alter ego as cheery maid Mrs. Featherbottom
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(David) Cross
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He got an Oscar nomination for playing soap star Dorothy Michaels
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Dustin Hoffman
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In a 1959 comedy these 2 actors donned dresses as members of Sweet Sue's all-girl orchestra
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Lemmon & Curtis
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U.N. RESOLUTIONS
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The General Assembly's first resolution, from Jan. 1946, set up a commission on problems raised by discovery of this
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discovery of atomic energy (the nuclear age)
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Issued on this date, Security Council resolution 1368 was on "threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts"
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September 12, 2001
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A 1961 General Assembly resolution started the WFP, this anti-hunger "programme" that won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
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the World Food Programme
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In October 1956 the Security Council unanimously approved a complaint by Great Britain & France against this country
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Egypt
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In 2019 the General Assembly resolved to explore ways to save this shrinking Asian "sea" that was once the world's 4th-largest lake
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the Aral Sea
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THE HUMAN BODY
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It's another name for the kneecap
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patella
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Its central ridge is called the Adam's apple
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the larynx
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2-word term for the group of nerves behind the stomach
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the solar plexus
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This hormone first isolated in 1958 plays an important role in regulating sleep
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melatonin
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Bilirubin, a pigment of bile, is the result of the breakdown of these cells
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red blood cells
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FROM THE OLD TOOL SHED
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First made from bone & animal horn, eyed versions of this tool made from iron popped up in the Low Countries in the 15th century
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a needle
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Here's sculptor Antoine Coysevox holding this tool that he put to good use while at Versailles
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a chisel
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A symbol of the Grim Reaper, this long-handled farming tool had its "hay" -day mowing down hay until around the 1850s
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a scythe
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This 3-letter hole-poking tool can be used on hides or leather; Africa's Blombos Cave has Stone Age ones
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an awl
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Seen here is an engraving showing one of these tools that turns wood
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a lathe
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IT'S THE ONLY VOWEL
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...In where you're said to "start from" when you begin a new project
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A
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...In the word that follows "any" when it precedes "in a storm"
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O
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...In a word that precedes "force trauma" if you are in a car accident or get punched
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U
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...In a clear or yellowish fluid that helps remove bacteria from body tissues
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Y
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...In the 2 title words of a Shakespeare comedy where we meet Sir Andrew Aguecheek (2 different vowels)
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E, I
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20th CENTURY AUTHORS
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Early in his career he worked for a newspaper whose style guide said, "use short sentences" & "use vigorous English"
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(Ernest) Hemingway
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